Some clues :

Douglas P. Fry : Pacified Past
Azar Gat : Warfare as an Ancient Feature
Robert L. Carneiro : Complexity and State Formation

Was the 20th century one of the most violent in human history ? (with two world wars and numerous other conflicts) ?

i also like the documentary series : “The Ascent of man” from the BBC in 1973 by Jacob Bronowski.

  • A_A@lemmy.worldOP
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    5 months ago

    … i am looking into this because it seems i had this wrong belief that for a period of about 40,000 years from 50,000 to 10,000 BC most of humanity did not know warfare. i might have seen some old documentary stating something like that …
    And i also formed the belief that victorious men in warfare had a larger descendancy (increasing our tendency towards conflicts).

    • ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      bwhahahah!

      I mean, I’m glad you’re realising that was wrong, but its a hilarious concept to have held.

      I mean, most of humanity would have been in constant battle / warfare. (low key) It’s just, that far back, societies and technology were a bit different.